Head rest for beauty salon chair or chaise longue



April 22, 1958 L. N. WILLIAMS 2,831,529

HEAD REST FOR BEAUTY SALON CHAIR OR CHAISE LONGUE Filed May .25, 1955 kI I 28 INVENTOR LOUISE N, WILLIAMS BY RAM ATTORNEY Unite States PatentHEAD REST BEAUTY SALON CHAIR 0R QHAHSE LONGUE Louise N. Williams, RockyMount, N. C.

Application May 25, 1955, Serial No. 510,974

3 Claims. (Cl. 155-473) It is well known that most women frequently goto beauty salons to have permanent waves" and/or other beautytreatments. When they are in the beauty salon they often have to sit formany hours under a drier while their hair is being dried.

An object of my invention is to provide a head rest that may be appliedto the chair or chaise longue in which an individual must sit whileundergoing the drying of hair.

A further object is to provide a head rest that may be adjusted towardor away from the chair or chaise longue, and up or down relativethereto.

Another object is to provide a head rest that will have a pliablematerial against which the head of the individual will rest.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a head rest whichis attached to a chair or chaise longue in such manner that the part ofthe head rest which the individuals head touches will be substantiallyuniversally flexible.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation;

Figure 2 is a view in front elevation;

Figure 3 is a top plan view; and

Figure 4 is an enlarged horizontal cross section taken on the line 44 ofFigure 2, and partly broken away.

The chair or chaise longue back is entirely conventional in form and isshown solely to represent the back of a chair, such as those in commonuse in beauty salons, and with which it will be highly desirable to usemy head rest. The head rest statf 12 is likewise conventional in formand is adapted to be placed within a conventional clamp 14 so that itmay be adjustably secured to the back of the chair 10.

Near the end of the stalf 12 remote from its point of attachment to thechair back, I provide a substantially right angle bend to which I securea pair of resilient, and relatively strong, rods 16. The rods 16 arebolted to the bent-over portion of the stall 12 and are held securelythereon by a suitable bolt 18. The ends of the rods 16 which are thusbolted to the staff 12 may be held in any desired position relative tothe back of the chair to which the staff is attached. Thus, the positionof the resilient rods may be adjusted to be in any desired positionrelative to the seat of the chair as well as the back of the chair.

Suitably secured to the ends of the rods 16 remote from their point ofbeing slidably bolted to the staff 12, I provide upstanding collars 20through which a pair of arcuately shaped bows 22 pass and are immovablyheld therein by means of brazing, welding or the like. The bows 22 arebent into arcuate shape so that they properly maintain the head restmember 24. The head rest 24, at its ends, is secured to pin 26 which aresecured ii. pivotally within eye bolts 23 which pass through collars 3timmovably secured to the ends of the bows 22, and are secured thereto bymeans of conventional cotter pins 32.

The head rest 24 is preferably made of a suitable pliable material, andis made in a relatively wide mesh, comparable to commercial hardwarecloth. It being thus constructed, the head rest 24 will give or flex asthe weight or pressure of an individuals head is placed thereon. Notonly the mesh of the head rest 24 will give to a head placed against it,but at the same time the pins 25 may turn within the eyes 28 and the eye28 may also pivot within the collar 39. Thus, a substantially universaljoint connection is afforded so that the head rest 24 may readily flexin any directionand thereby provide a high degree of comfort for theuser.

Obviously the head rest can be adjusted in any desired manner so that itmay be raised or lowered to suit any particular user. Some users will beshort from the waist up and others maybe much longer. In any event thehead rest can be adjusted so that it will be at the correct point foruse.

It will be understood that at the time that an individual is going touse the chair or chaise longue, say for the purpose of sitting under adrier, the head rest will be adjusted up or down by permitting the staff12 to slide through the clamp 14*. Also the rods 16 are slid in or outand are secured at the selected position by the bolt 18.

It will be understood that from time to time minor changes in the exactconstruction of the head rest may be made without departing from thespirit of the invention or the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In a head rest, a stall?" extending from a chair back, a right anglebend in said staff at the end thereof remote from said chair, resilientrods secured to the bent end of said staff, a bow secured at itsapproximate center to said rods, eye bolts secured to said how at itsends, and a pliable strip extending between the ends of said how, saidpliable strip having transverse pins at its ends and adapted to passthrough said eye bolts.

2. A head rest including a staff extending from a chair back, a rightangle bend in said staff at the end thereof remote from said chair,resilient rods secured to the bent end of said staff, an arcuatelyshaped bow secured at its approximate center to said rods, collarssecured to the ends of said how, eye bolts pivotally secured to saidcollars, and a flexible strip extending between the ends of said how andsecured thereto by pintles which pass through said strip and the eyebolts.

3. A head rest including a staff extending upwardly from a chair back,bent resilient rods extending upwardly from said staff, an arcuatelyshaped bow secured at its approximate center to said rods, collarssecured to the ends of said bow, eye bolts pivotally secured to saidcollars and extending toward the concave edge of said how, and aflexible strip extending between the eye bolts and secured thereto bypintles passing through the strip and the eye bolts.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 57,926Dinsmore Sept. 11, 1886 839,393 Kers ey Dec. 25, 1906 1,940,361 May Dec.19, 1933 2,180,768 Peterson Nov. 21, 1939 2,613,725 Woodhall Oct. 14,1952

